Shock-tying device.



C. O. ZUGSGHWERDT.

SHOCK TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1913.

1,086,974. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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SHOCK TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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CHESTER C. ZUGSCHWERDT, OF GARDEN CITY, SOUTH DAKOTAM SHOCK-TYINGDEVICE.

To all tr/10m it may concern Be it known that I, CHESTER C. ZUsscH-wnRDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garden City, in thecounty of Clark, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shock-Tying Devices; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This inventon relates to shock tying devices.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a shock tyingdevice which will be simple, durable and etllcient and by means of whichcorn shocks may be quickly and securely tied.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a deviceof the character described which may be conveniently applied to a shockin position for operation and removed after the shock has been tied foruse in connection with another shock.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fullv described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reterenee will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the sev eral views, and in which Figure 1 is aside elevation showing the device applied to a shock; Fig. 2, a sectionon the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear View of the device detached;Fig. 4, a front View of same; Fig. 5, a section on the line 55 of Fig.3, and Fig. 6, a section on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings the device is shown as comprising a shockembracing member which includes an intermediate section 10 and terminalsections 11 and 12, the terminal sections being hingedly connected torespective ends of the intermediate section. Secured to the rear side ofthe intermediate section 10 at each end of the latter are angle plates13 which include a rearwardly directed arm 14. Secured to the rear sideof the section 11 are angle plates 15 which include respectivelyrearwardly directed arms 16, the latter being disposed adjacent torespective arms 14. Slidably Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1913.

Patented Feb. it), 1914.

Serial No. 778,189.

engaged through openings in adjacent arms 14 and 16 respectively arebolts 17. Encircling each bolt 17 is a spiral spring 18 one end of whichbears against the adjacent arm 16 while the other end bears against thehead of the bolt 17. These springs 18 constantly tend to hold thesection 11 in alinement with the intermediate section 10 as will beobvious. Mounted on the rear side of the section 12 are angle plates 19which include rearwardly extending arms 20 disposed adjacent respectivearm 14 at one end of the intermediate section 10. Slidably engagedthrough openings in the arms 14 and 20 respectively are bolts 21 andencircling these bolts are spiral springs 22 one end of which bearsagainst the arm 20 and the other end against the head of the bolt 21.These springs 22 tend to hold the section 12 in alinement with theintermediate section 10 as will be obvious. Secured to the sections 10,11 and 12 respectively and pro jecting rearwardly therefrom are guidemembers 23. Mounted on the rear side of the section 10 is a bracket 24in which is journaled a pulley 25. Also mounted upon the rear side ofthe section 10 is a bracket 26 which supports a receptacle 27 for thetying twine. The top of the receptacle 27 15 provided with an opening 28through which the twine is guided during the tying of the shock. Mountedupon the bracket 26 transversely of the latter is a knife 29 whichserves as a means for conveniently severing the twine after each tyingoperation. Secured to the front side of the section 10 are forwardlydirected rods 30 adapted to be inserted in the shock to support thedevice during its application and during the tying operation. Secured tothe rear side of the section 12 is a resilient finger 31 the upper endof which is disposed in slightly spaced relation to the rear side ofsaid section for a purpose that will presently appear. The devicefurther includes a cable 32 which has a ring 33 secured to one end and ahand hold 34 secured to the other end, said cable being trained over thepullev 25.

In the use of the device the rods 30 are inserted into the shock. Thecable is then carried around the shock and the ring 33 engaged over theguide member 23 carried by the intermediate section 10, said cable inthis position passing through the guide members 23 carried by thesections 11 and 12. The hand hold 34 is then gripped and pulled uponwith considerable force so as to bind the cable around the shock. Thisoperation will cause the sections 11 and 12 to swing into embracingrelation to the shock. \Vhen the shock has been bound by the cable 32with the requisite tightness said cable is engaged between the finger 31and the section 12 so as to lock same against movement under theinfluence of the springs 18 and 22 and also under the influence of theexpansii e force of the temporarily bound shock. The shock is then tiedby means of the twine contained in the receptacle 27 and 1 after thetying operation is complete the twine is severed by means of the knife29. The cable 32 is then released by Withdrawing same from between thefinger 31 and the section 12. The rin 33 is then disengaged from theguide mem er 23 and the parts of the device will then assume theirnormal position to permit ready disengagement of same from the shock.

What I claim is 1. In a shock tying device, an embracing membercomprising intermediate and terminal sections, the latter being hingedlyconnected to respective ends of the former for movement into embracingrelation to a shock, spring means constantly tending to hold theterminal sections in alinement with the intermediate section, guidemembers extending rearwardly from said sections respectively, a bracketmounted on the rear side of the intermediate section, a pulley journaledin said bracket, a cable trained over said pulley, and means foranchoring one end of the cable when same is disposed around a shock andaround the outer ends of the terminal sections whereby said cable may betightened around the shock and the terminal sections moved intoembracing relation thereto by a pull exerted upon the other end of thecable, and means for locking the cable against movement when tightenedaround a shock.

2. In a shock tying device, an embracing member comprising a pluralityof hingedly connected sections, means carried by one of said sectionsfor supporting the member against the side of a shock, a cable havingone end secured to one of the sections, and means for securing the otherend of the cable to another section of the member whereby the cable maybe held in embracing relation to the shock during the operation of tyingthe latter. 7

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

CHESTER C. ZUGSCHWERDT.

WVitnesses E. D. TAYLOR, C. E. HAYWARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

